The impetus for the work done in Brick by Brick comes directly from the work of artists who know how to translate what they do to young people in after-school settings. Michelle Weinberg, Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez, Dimitry Chamy and Patricio Cuello work in art, design and architecture fields. Their own practices were the model for Brick by Brick activities.

Michelle invented an environment using the same "playful physics" that characterizes her paintings.

The girls at Girl Power in Liberty City harnessed the lightning fast connection between millions of images they surf on the internet, photos of themselves and the 3D drafting platform provided free by Sketchup. Buildings that they designed and customized with their photos eventually landed up on their myspace pages! Technology and design meet social networking.

We're learning the new version of iMovie. Our animated clips from Sketchup of our original designs for buildings and interiors are lined up and ready to go. Transitions, effects, titles and sound are next.

Friday, April 4, 2008

The girls in the group got a chance to show their stuff to Miami Herald writer Sarah Moreno (that's her in the purple jacket). Artists Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez and Michelle Weinberg facilitated the creation of digitally altered self-portraits and design in three dimensions using Sketchup software. Read Sarah's article about her visit with Girl Power here.

Imagine a city that reflects its residents' faces back at them. That's what we're up to in Brick x Brick workshops. 3D drafting is a creative virtual workspace where we can invent all kinds of buildings.

Brick x Brick

Brick x Brick is Miami Art Museum's after-school program for teens. Taking place at 4 community sites in Miami, artists-in-residence lead participants in projects to raise awareness of their communities’ architecture, design, urban planning, and landscape. By drawing, painting, writing, documenting neighborhoods with photography, digital imaging, video, 3D drafting, and blogging teens learn new skills & envision improved neighborhoods. Thanks to JP Morgan Chase and Western Union for making Brick by Brick possible. Previous funders have been: Heckscher Foundation for Children and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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